I was hoping to use the Pitmaster hive mind a little bit with a very important decision I'm going to need to make soon.
I need to figure out what to do about a gas grill.
Ok, here's the situation. I currently do most of my cooks on my Pit Barrel Cooker and/or Vision kamado grill. I'd say easily 75% of my cooks are on these two cookers. We love the flavor profiles of both and use them whenever we know we have the time to do so. With that said, we don't always have time and utilize my Weber Genesis 330 for quick cooks.
Now, my Weber's innards have been getting pretty bad lately. I was getting ready to replace everything with new parts when a recent storm (I'm in Nebraska) blew the grill over and really busted up everything I wasn't planning on replacing. Manifold, buttons, propane tank gauge/holder to name a few. I mean, it's pretty messed up now.
I decided to price out parts for replacement. Depending on how I do it and who I go through, I can get everything I need for under $250. Now I'm trying to decide if I want to do it. I have had this grill for about 6 or 7 years and it was used when I got it. Is it time to just move on?
I was thinking if I just spend a little more money, maybe I can get something new. It doesn't need to be huge. There are only 4 of us and we usually utilize the gasser for quick cooks (burgers/dogs/steaks/chops/etc..). Usually, if we have company over, I am making everything on the PBC or Vision anyway.
So here is where I need a little help. What should I be looking at? I'm thinking I'd like to keep my budget around $400. It doesn't have to be big, but I'd like decent quality. Stick with Weber? Go after a Char-Broil commercial (pretty good review on the free side)? Grab one of those Fuego Elements?
Oh, I completely forgot the most important part of this equation! My wife told me to "Just buy something"! Whoa...I feel like I need to jump on this.
Thank in advance!
Happy holidays everyone!
Dennis
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